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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

HENRY GEORGE is in the West again
upon featuring tour. The battle ofthe
anti-Povertv party has doubtless resulted
as poor financially rs politically, and so
Mr.. George has come around again to
replenlsh his pocket-book by giving lee
lures upon his beautiful theories-at %
cents per head
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

THE Western Union Telegraph COM
pany announces another reduction in
rates, which will go into effect on the LIST
of next month. Nov. l the maximum
rates between all points east of the Mis-.
sissippi river was fixed at 60 cents, but
under the last reduction it is proposed
to make IS cents the maximum rate be-
tween all offices i'm the United States
east of the Rockey mountains, including
Montana, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico
and Texas. This is drop of 25 cents
on each message, the old rate being 81.
The new day rates are about one rate
lower than the old scale, viz: The 81
rate is reduced 10 IS cents, that to go,
and the latter to 30 cents. The rate be-
tween New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and
the lake and Mississippi valley States,
including st. Paul, Minneapolis and Du-
Iuth, has been reduced from 60 to 30
cents
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

SOME of the cheeky anarchists are try
ing to make people believe that the
career of old John Brown had some re-
semblance to their own, and the report
is that the next anniversary of the old
mans execution is to be celebrated in
New York by an anarchistic demonstra-
ton. Every sensible person knows
that the cause of anarchy and the cause
which John Brown so earnestly but
foolishly sought to benefit were as far
apart and different as black is from
white, and the attempt of the anarch-
lists to show parallel between the two
is an insult to the old hero's memory.
The old man even wasn't as crazy as an
anarchist, and his malady was harmless
indeed compared with the dangers of
anarchism.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.

Judge Dickinson fled the following
syllabi and opinions in the Supreme
court Wednesday.
III. A. Smith ct al, respondents, VS..
Emily l.. Gill, appellant. Syllabus.
A provision ofthe mechanics lien law,
making the knowledge and consent"
of married woman to the furnishing of
material in certain cases evidence that
the husband acted as agent of the wife,
held applicable as rule of evidence,
not merely for the purpose of establish
ing lien, but for the purpose of a gen
eral recovery against the wife. But
proof of the knowledge only of the " lfe
is not sufficient. In an action to re-
cover in personam for material sold to
The defendant, and to recovery adjudged
to be lien under the statute, the for
mer relief may be had, the complaint
and the evidence being sufficient, al
though it be found that no lean had
ever been perfected. New trial or
dered.
w. A. Parr, respondent, VS.. l.. john
son ct al, appellants. Syllabus: Upon
contract for the payment of certain
sum in goods, the goods being delivera-
bic upon demand, an action for recov-
without an allegation and proof of de-
mand or refusal to deliver the goods. In
such an action, in which no demand is
averred, the defendant alleging in de-
Tense fraud in the making of the contract,
and demanding RECESSION, does not
thereby lose the right to avail himself of
the fact that upon the plaintiffs case
there is no right of recovery. Order re-
versed.
F. II. Lake, respondent, vs.. Peter Al
bert, administrator of the estate of Ole
Emerson Volof. appellant. Syllabus:
Under the statute authorizing any exc,
cutor, administrator or creditor of an es-
tate to appeal from the allowance in the
probate court of claims against the estate,
a notice of appeal served and flod 10 of.
70 otuel appIIcatlon' for an appeal.
The trial of such an appeal in the district
court without pleadings is an Irregularity
merely, not jurisdictional. One with
whom or in whose name contract is
made for the benefit of another may
prosecute an action thereon in his own
name. The payee of a note gwen for
the benefit of another is Creditor"
within the meaning of the statute allow
ing appeals from the probate court. Or
der affirmed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

IT appears that DeLesseps' Panama
canal scheme is on the verge of a col
lapse, and the great Frenchman finds
the people no longer willing to buy tick
cts in his lottery schemes to benefit the
enterprise. On the other hand the Mic
arauguan project seems TO be getting a
good foothold with every prospect of
success. We always knew it would re-
quire American brains and energy and
money to successfully solve this great
engineering problem.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02
THE Inter- ocean pertinentlv obs

THE Inter- ocean pertinently observes:
democrats have now been in Office
and had charge of the books for nearly
three years. Have they found any
crookedness or shortage? Republicans
handled all the millions and billions of
money for quarter of century. Don't
the facts prove they did it honestly and
well? The biggest complaint that has
been made was that they handed over
too much monev. The fact remains that
Republicans did not receive much when
they entered upon their duties"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

SECRETARY LAMAR, in his annual report,
will recommend that the interstate COM
merce commission be made independ-
ent of the authority or supervision of the
interior department, and that it be made
directly responsible to congress or to the
president, as nothing in the duties of the
commission are within the usual author
ity or control of the department.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

The Hoffman estate, which owned
some gas stock and proposed to fight the
legality Of the big Chicago gas trust, !"
decided Wednesday TO hgitbdraw lis
suit and sold its stock to the big con
Germ. Thus endeth competition in the
gas business in Chicago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

THE st. Paul Dispatch editor doubtless
paid his coal bill last week for it is i'm
passible that any other less important
circumstance could have inspired that
able article in Saturdays issue in which
the operations of the coal bosses are
treated as a"public conspiracy against
society -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

NoRTHFIELD is to have new paper.
Bro. Heatwold appears to fill the bill
very well, but Northtield people no
doubt think competition will be the life
of trade. The Neors will teach its rival
something of that sort, too, we opine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

SINCE the Senate adjourned in March
the President has made about $50 APP
pointments that require the approval
of the Senate. In the list are included
the secretary of the treasury, United
States treasurer, interstate commerce
and Pacific railroad commissioners and
commissioner of patents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

In their state convention: the other
day the Prohibitionists distinguished
themselves by declaring opposition to
local option-that it is wrong in prln-
ciple and in practice failure. This is
certainly n surprising attitude. The
principle of local option is prohibition
wherever public sentiment will uphold
it, and IN opposing it the Prohibitionists
simply oppose prohibition, besides de-
claring that it cannot be enforced even
when adopted in small localities. The
third party folks have cut up some cur
ious pranks in their time but we remem-
Der nothing more eccentric than this.
Their attitude clearly shows them to be
a set of impracticables, who will be sat
isfied with nothing less than the earth,
and who haven't sensible ideas enough
at hand to properly carry on the affairs
of the smallest satellite in the universe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

Philadelphia Times: The free trade
bull, which now wears broken horn as
a result of trying TO butt the protection
locomotive off the track, should remem-
Der that the locomotive has been acquir-
ing impetus ever since, and that anoth-
or attempt may break the bulls neck.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

Mr.. FAYErTE MARSH is talking rather
rather too much nowadays of what he
is going to do in the prison matter. Peo-
pie may believe that Mr.. Reed has been
wrongly treated, but many will be led to
think that he needs more to be saved
from the ill-advice of his lawyer than
from the result of the recent investiga-
tim
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

A REWARD of Sl25, 900 is offered by the
government of New South Wales for the
discovery of some sort of rabbit EXTERN
inator. Here is a chance for some live
Yankee. 1t should be understood the
government don't agree to catch the
rabbits
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

THE st. Paul carnival society has elect
ed Editor Thompson, of the Dispatch, to
act as president. The newspaper men
generally have TO help out such enter
prises in one way or another.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02
NUMBER "a

THE Presidents message according to
report is to be quite as lengthy as usual.
IT is estimated that it will be four hours
passing through the telegraph operator s
hands. The man who don't read it will
be able to figure up from this how much
time he has gained.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

One of the features of the Postmaster
Generals annual report will be the
statement that thedepartmanth by tho end
of next year will probably be self-sup-
porting. The deficit has been lessened
nearly three million during the past
year, and with continued increase IN
the revenues which last year amounted
to about 10 per cent and a decrease in
the expenses which was about b per
cent, there is every prospect that the
revenues will equal the expenditures by
the end of next year. For the year
ending June |, 1886, the deficit was over
eight million, and for the year ending
June l, 1887, the deficit was over five
millions, including, of course, the amount
credited to the Union Pacific railroad
for the transportation of the mails. The
large increase i'm the revenues is the re-
suit in part of large additions t5-the
population of the countryHnd the act
ivitty in business: But it is largely at
tribufaf- 20 he use of the mails in
carrying mei chandise.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

Chauncey NJ. Depew considers the
time ripe for the writing of great Amer
lean play. Messrs. Wyatterson and In
gals, who are said to have attempted to
write it, however, entertain the opposite
view
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02

Senator Vance, who is rapidly recov-
ering from the injuries received while
driving in the North Carolina mountains,
expects to be able to go to Washington
in few days.
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A CALL has been issued for the Repub-
lican clubs of the United States to as
semble in convention in New York CITY
Dec. 10 to organize for national cam
paign work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-02


EX-SENATOR DooLITTLE has novel
idea regarding the solution of the woman
suffrage question. 1t is to allow every
married man to cas-. two votes at every
election. But this plan may lead to
complications and difficulties now un-
uspected-troubles at the polls, where
the repeater has heretofore been dis
eountenanced, and troubles at home
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would become grievous burden. And
what might be his feeling were he called
upon, after casting one vote to express
his own choice, to kill it with an antag.
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the old lady at home? Indeed, the sug.
gestion opens world of objection to
Mr.. Doolittle's plan, and the author
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TIE Duluth Ne,cs is making an expos
ure of a gigantic swindle which was
made In the sale of worthless swamp
lands near that city.
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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-06-09
rho Coming Pench Crop.

The GAZETTE publishes to-day letters
from correspondents, chiefly growers Of
peaches, throughout the Peninsular peach
belt, giving statements Of the present
condition and prospect Of the crop which
may be accepted as reliable. The indi-
cations i'll the main are for general
yield ranging from fair to good. The
SUMMARY Of tle vepor' showAl Is good, !"
is fair aui 0lls 6 moor" Tue poor
reports come, 1t will be noticed, entirely
from the edges of the peach belt the
reports from the heart thereof being uni
fcsmly encouraging, notwithstanding
some depredations By rose-bugs, the ex-
tent of which cannot yet be acGur-
ately determined. 1t would appear
that this comparatively new pest
originated, or was first heard Of, this
season in the neighborhood OF Green's
borough, Md, and is spreading thence tc
the eastward and north-eastward and
more slowly, to the westward. Orchards
near the bays, which in some short croI
seasons have proved conspicuonsly pro
ductive seem to have generally suffered
much this year from fogs. The june
drop" is yet to come in most localities
but appears to be pretty well over il
western Sussex and south eastern Kent
Oh the whole we feel warranted thus ia
in looking for plenty of peaches, thong
hardly a repetition Of the phenomena
yield of 1876.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-06-09

Suddenly stricken while at Dinner
with HIs Family.


special from Washington Monday
says: The city tonight Is deeply moved
over the sudden Illness Of W. W. Coroo-
ran. He was chatting with his family at
the dinner table, at o'clock this even
ing, when he suddenly leaned back in his
chair, put his right hand to his head, and
exclaimed, "0h, myp He was in the act
of falling off his seat when caught by q
servant. The ladies at dinner hurried to
Mr.. Corcoran'H side. He was unconscious
and his left arm hung lifeless. The SER
wants Immediately carried him to his
room, and messengers were Instantly sent
for his physicians.
DIR. Garnet, his family physician, Ia
out OF town, and DR. N. =. Lincoln re-
spondad TO the call. On his arrival he
requested that DR.. Daniel Il. Wagner be
sent for TO consult with. The doctors
applied all needful remedies. Meanwhile
word was sent to Mr.. Anthony Hyde, Mr..
Corcoran's confidential banker and friend,
and lie in turn called for Mr.. Q. M. Mat.
thews, an intimate friend of MIR. Cor
coran. These gentlemen went to their
friends bedside. On arriving at the house
they found number Of Mr.. Corcoran's
friends present. DIR. Wagner, when spoken
TO Mt late hour last night, laid the pa.
tient was doing we'll.
"Did he have stroke of apoploxy p
| was asked.
aNo,n
"Was IL q paralysis 2n
"Well, You could not call il that" was
the hesitating reply. "rhere was some
numbness in the left baud, but it has
yielded to treatment very nicely. have
| just left Mr.. Corooran, and he ia feeling
/ hBttoF.
DR.. Linooln could net be i1und n
home, A gentlemen leaving Mr. Corcorail'i
house stated that the symptoms WEI,
those of paralysis. Mr.. Corooran during
q wakeful moment said that when at TIN
table he felt sensation on the right sid
of his head as If struck violent blow
Mr.. Hyde could mot be seen, but MIR
Matthews responded for him. He simpl
said that Mr.. Oorcoran was very i'll, bu
whether it was due to apoplexy or para
lysis, he could not say. "You must re
member" said he, 'that Mr.. Corooran j
past 80 years of age. He has been sleer
ing right well tonight, and his min
seems to be clear" II is reported thu
Mr.. oorcoran is paralyzed on the lei
side.
Yesterday his condition was withou
change.